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{{short description|1984 single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood}} {{About|the song by Frankie Goes to Hollywood|the Dutch video game developer|Two Tribes (company)|the BBC game show|Two Tribes (game show){{!}}''Two Tribes'' (game show)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Use British English|date=June 2012}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2011}} {{Infobox song | name = Two Tribes | cover = Two Tribes single.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]] | album = [[Welcome to the Pleasuredome]] | B-side = {{hlist|"One February Friday"|"[[War (The Temptations song)#Frankie Goes to Hollywood version|War]]"}} | released = 4 June 1984 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = {{hlist|[[Hi-NRG]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Paul |last= Lester |author-link= Paul Lester |url= http://www.zttaat.com/article.php?title=486 |title= Revolutions per minute β The Power of Love |website= [[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |publisher= [[ZTT Records|ZTT]] |access-date= 31 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="80s disco">{{cite web|website=[[Evening Standard]]|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/box-of-sin-album-gay-1980s-highenergy-disco-b1109604.html|title=Only one kind of music makes clubbers dress up like this|last=Flynn|first=Paul|date=28 September 2023}}</ref><ref name=wapo/>|[[disco]]<ref name="80s disco"/><ref name=wapo>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|title='Pleasuredome': Little Pleasure|date=3 November 1984|last=Brown|first=Joe|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1984/11/04/pleasuredome-little-pleasure/a7542692-128d-4162-9ee9-3f1970493c3f/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=[[The New York Times]]|title=THE POPLIFE; FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD|date=14 November 1984|last=Pareles|first=Jon|author-link=Jon Pareles|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/14/arts/the-poplife-frankie-goes-to-hollywood.html}}</ref>|[[synth-pop]]<ref name="Weisbard & Marks 1995">{{cite book|editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor1-link=Eric Weisbard |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |year=1995 |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |publisher=[[Vintage Books]] |location=New York |isbn=0-679-75574-8|pages=155}}</ref><ref name= "Marsh 1989">{{cite book|first=Dave|last=Marsh|title=The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5t5DYDniSHEC|date=1989|publisher=[[Plume (publisher)|Plume]]|isbn=0-452-26305-0|page=450}}</ref>}} | length = 3:56 <br> 3:23 (edit) | label = [[ZTT Records|ZTT]] {{small|(ZTAS 3)}} | writer = {{hlist|[[Peter Gill (FGTH drummer)|Peter Gill]]|[[Holly Johnson]]|[[Mark O'Toole (musician)|Mark O'Toole]]}} | producer = [[Trevor Horn]] | prev_title = [[Relax (song)|Relax]] | prev_year = 1983 | next_title = [[The Power of Love (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)|The Power of Love]] | next_year = 1984 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|pO1HC8pHZw0|"Two Tribes"}}}} }} "'''Two Tribes'''" is an [[anti-war song]] by British band [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]], released in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] by [[ZTT Records]] on 4 June 1984.<ref name="ChartArchive.org">{{cite news|url=http://scans.chartarchive.org/UK/1984/24%20-%2016%20Jun%20Record%20Mirror%20Singles.jpg|title=Record Mirror|date=16 June 1984}}</ref> The song was later included on the album ''[[Welcome to the Pleasuredome]]''. Presenting a [[Nihilism|nihilistic]], gleeful lyric expressing enthusiasm for [[nuclear war]], it juxtaposes a relentless pounding bass line and guitar riff inspired by American funk and [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] pop with influences of Russian classical music, in an opulent arrangement produced by [[Trevor Horn]]. The single was a phenomenal success in the UK, helped by a wide range of [[remix]]es and supported by an advertising campaign depicting the band as members of the [[Red Army]]. It entered the [[UK Singles Chart]] at number one on 10 June 1984, where it stayed for nine consecutive weeks, during which time the group's previous single "[[Relax (song)|Relax]]" climbed back up the charts to number two.<ref name="www.number-ones.co.uk">{{cite news|url=http://www.number-ones.co.uk/Frankie-Goes-To-Hollywood-number-ones/Two-Tribes.html|publisher=number-ones.co.uk |title=Number-Ones.co.uk|date=2014}}</ref><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]] | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | pages= 437β9}}</ref> It was the longest-running number-one single in the UK of the 1980s. It has sold 1.58 million copies in the UK as of November 2012,<ref name="guardian nov2012">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/nov/04/uk-million-selling-singles-full-list |title=UK's million-selling singles: the full list |author= Ami Sedghi |newspaper=The Guardian|date=4 November 2012 |access-date=4 November 2012 }}</ref> being in the Top 30 [[List of best-selling singles in the United Kingdom|best-selling singles in the UK]] as of 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-best-selling-singles-of-all-time-on-the-official-uk-chart__21298/|title=The best-selling singles of all time on the Official UK Chart |website=Official Charts}}</ref> Songwriters Johnson, Gill and O'Toole received the 1984 [[Ivor Novello award]] for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.<ref>Lister, David, ''Pop ballads bite back in lyrical fashion'', [[The Independent]], 28 May 1994</ref> In 2015 the song was voted by the British public as the nation's 14th-favourite [[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s|1980s number one]] in a poll for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].<ref>{{cite news | url= http://metro.co.uk/2015/07/25/the-nations-favourite-80s-number-one-12-more-classic-80s-chart-toppers-which-didnt-make-the-cut-5312786/ | title= The Nation's Favourite 80s Number One: 12 more classic 80s chart-toppers which didn't make the cut | work=Metro | first=Caroline | last=Westbrook | date=25 July 2015 | access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref> ==Music== A version of "Two Tribes" was originally recorded for a [[BBC Radio 1|BBC]] [[John Peel]] session in October 1982. The session version makes clear that the basic structure of the song, including its signature bass-line, percussion arrangement and idiosyncratic introductory and middle eight sections, were already intact prior to any involvement from ZTT or eventual producer [[Trevor Horn]]. {{Listen|filename=Two Tribes Peel Sessions 1982.ogg |title="Two Tribes" (John Peel session)|description=An excerpt from the original [[John Peel]] session recording (1982).}} Johnson also noted: "There's {{sic}} two elements in the music β an American funk line and a Russian line. It's the most obvious demonstration of two tribes that we have today."<ref name="Smash Hits, 26 April 1984">{{cite news|url=http://www.zttaat.com/article.php?title=55|publisher=Smash Hits |title=The War Game|date=26 April 1984}}</ref> To accentuate the musical tension, Horn arranged the 'Russian' segments as a dramatic string arrangement. The driving funk/rock rhythm section was played on synthesisers. ==Title and lyrics== The single was released at a time when the [[Cold War]] had [[Cold War (1979β85)|intensified]] and fears about global [[nuclear warfare]] were at a peak. Although Johnson would attest in a 1984 radio interview that the "two tribes" of the song potentially represented any pair of warring adversaries (giving the examples of "[[cowboy]]s and [[Native Americans in the United States|Indians]] or [[James T. Kirk|Captain Kirk]] and [[Klingon]]s"), the line "On the air America/I modelled shirts by Van Heusen" is a clear reference to then [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Ronald Reagan]]. Reagan had advertised for [[Phillips Van Heusen]] in 1953 (briefly reviving the association in the early 1980s). The title of his first film had been ''[[Love Is on the Air]]''. The lyric "working for the black gas" is, according to Johnson, "About oil surpassing gold. How you might as well be paid in petrol."<ref name="zttaat.com">''No 1'' magazine, 4 August 1984 http://www.zttaat.com/article.php?title=181</ref> And the line "Are we living in a land where sex and horror are the new gods?" was inspired by the 1959 British film ''[[Cover Girl Killer]]''. Johnson explained, "The TV was on in the background while I was doing me ironing and suddenly this character came out with that statement."<ref name="zttaat.com"/> (The actual dialogue, which occurs at about 48 minutes 24 seconds into the film, is "Surely sex and horror are the new gods in this polluted world of so-called entertainment?") The track featured snippets of narration from actor [[Patrick Allen (actor)|Patrick Allen]], recreating his narration from the British ''[[Protect and Survive]]'' [[public information film]]s about how to survive a nuclear war. (The original ''Protect and Survive'' soundtracks were [[sampling (music)|sampled]] for the 7-inch mixes.) The 12-inch A- and B-sides featured voice parts by British actor [[Chris Barrie]] imitating Ronald Reagan. Barrie also voiced the Reagan puppet on ''[[Spitting Image]]''. Barrie's parts as 'Reagan' included praise for the band, as well as parts of [[Adolf Hitler]]'s speech to a court after the [[Beer Hall Putsch]]: "You may pronounce us guilty a thousand times over, but the Goddess of the Eternal Court of History will smile and tear to tatters the brief of the State Prosecutor and the sentence of this court, for She acquits us." Barrie also voiced the last sentence of "[[History Will Absolve Me]]" (Spanish: "La historia me absolverΓ‘") which is the concluding sentence and subsequent title of a four-hour speech made by Fidel Castro on 16 October 1953. Castro made the speech in his own defense in court against the charges brought against him after leading an attack on the Moncada Barracks on 26 July 1953. Barrie would return for the band's next single, "[[The Power of Love (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)|The Power of Love]]", imitating [[Mike Read]] in a parody of the DJ's ban on their previous single, "Relax". The song's title derives from the line "two mighty warrior tribes went to war" from the film ''[[Mad Max 2]]'' (the line is also spoken by [[Holly Johnson]] at the beginning of the session version).<ref name="guard">{{Cite news |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |title=The best No 1 records: Frankie Goes to Hollywood β Two Tribes |first=Dorian |last=Lynskey |date=2012-05-31 |accessdate=2024-02-26 |department=Music |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/may/31/frankie-goes-hollywood-two-tribes |issn=1756-3224 |oclc=60623878}}</ref> ==Critical reception== American magazine ''[[Cash Box]]'' called it "a more scintillating anti-war track than ["[[The War Song]]"]", saying it is "both an effective dance cut and a piece of modern art."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine|title=Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-10-20.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814200503/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-10-20.pdf |archive-date=2020-08-14 |url-status=live|date=October 20, 1984|accessdate=2022-07-26|page=9}}</ref> Richard Harris from ''[[New Musical Express|NME]]'' wrote, {{"'}}Two Tribes' is a fine example of why over-production is a musical virtue, not least when it ceases to be a pop song and tries to [[disco]]-ise [[Tchaikovsky]]."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Richard|last=Harris|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53008798379/|title=Long Play|magazine=[[New Musical Express|NME]]|date=30 October 1993|page=28|access-date=5 July 2023}}</ref> ==Promotion== ZTT aggressively marketed the single in terms of its topical political angle, promoting it with images of the group wearing American military garb in combat, as well as [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-style army uniforms set against an American urban backdrop. The original cover art featured a Soviet mural of [[Vladimir Lenin]] in St Petersburg, and images of Reagan and then-[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|UK Prime Minister]] [[Margaret Thatcher]]. The sleeve notes, attributed to ZTT's [[Paul Morley]], dispassionately reported details of the relative nuclear arsenals of each [[superpower]]. ==Personnel== Credits sourced from ''Sound on Sound''.<ref name="Buskin">{{cite magazine |last=Buskin |first=Richard |title=Classic Tracks: Frankie Goes To Hollywood 'Relax' |magazine=Sound on Sound |date=April 2008 |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-frankie-goes-hollywood-relax}}</ref> '''Frankie Goes to Hollywood''' *[[Holly Johnson]] β lead vocals *[[Paul Rutherford (singer)|Paul Rutherford]] β backing vocals '''Other musicians''' *[[Trevor Horn]] β [[LinnDrum]] and [[Fairlight CMI]] programming; producer *[[J.J. Jeczalik]] β Fairlight CMI programming *[[Stephen Lipson]] β electric guitars, [[Synclavier]] programming *[[Andy Richards]] β [[Roland Jupiter-8]] synthesizer, [[Roland MC-4 Microcomposer]] sequencer, [[Hammond organ]] ==Original 1984 mixes== The song appeared in the form of six [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixes]], including "Annihilation", "Carnage", "[[Hibakusha]]", "Cowboys and Indians", "We Don't Want to Die" and "For the Victims of Ravishment". The first 12-inch mix ("Annihilation") started with an [[Civil defense siren|air-raid siren]], and included advice from Allen about how to tag and dispose of family members should they die in the fallout shelter (taken from the [[public information film]] ''Casualties''). This version appeared on CD editions of the album. "Annihilation" was the basis for the "Hibakusha" mix, which was originally released in a limited edition, Japanese-only version of the 1985 album ''[[Bang! (1985 Frankie Goes to Hollywood album)|Bang!]]''. Hibakusha is the Japanese word for survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. "For the Victims of Ravishment" appeared on the LP and cassette editions of the album ''Welcome to the Pleasuredome''. It is the shortest version, at 3:27 minutes. This mix derived from the "Carnage" mix, which prominently featured strings as well as vocal samples from Allen and the group's B-side interview. Since 1984, "Two Tribes" has been re-issued several times, generally involving third-party remixes bearing little relation to the original releases in terms of either structure or character. ==B-sides== The 7-inch featured "One February Friday", an interview between Morley and the group's three musicians, [[Mark O'Toole (musician)|Mark O'Toole]], [[Brian Nash (musician)|Brian Nash]] and [[Peter Gill (FGTH drummer)|Peter Gill]], over an otherwise untitled instrumental track. A similar track had been included on the B-side of "[[Relax (song)|Relax]]", with the title "One September Monday". The principal B-side to the original 12-inch single was a cover version of "[[War (Edwin Starr song)|War]]", which became the subject of an extended remix (subtitled "Hidden") on the single's third UK 12-inch release, where it was promoted as a [[double A-side]] with "Carnage". The UK [[cassette single]] featured a cut-together combination of "Surrender", "Carnage" and "Annihilation", plus Reagan snippets and interview sections not included on any other release. ==Videos== The [[Godley & Creme]]-directed video depicted a wrestling match between then-US President [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Konstantin Chernenko]], then Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, in front of group members and an assembly of representatives from the world's nations. The match eventually degenerates into global destruction. Certain violent moments ("Reagan" is seen, for example, biting "Chernenko's" ear) were edited from the version shown on [[MTV]]. A longer version of the video (based on the "Hibakusha" mix) included an introductory, heavily [[Film editing|edited]] monologue by [[Richard Nixon]] taken from an ad from his 1960 US Presidential campaign ("No ... firm diplomacy ... No ... peace for America and the world"), plus similar contributions from other world leaders, including [[Lord Beaverbrook]], [[Yasser Arafat]] and [[John F. Kennedy]]. The complete soundtrack to the extended video was eventually released as "Two Tribes (Video Destructo)" on the German version of the ''[[Twelve Inches]]'' compilation. A third version of the video, included on the band's ''From An Wasteland to an Artificial Paradise'' VHS, retains the introduction, but omits most of the inserted clips in the main wrestling sequence. ==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Weekly chart performance for "Two Tribes" !Chart (1984β85) !Peak<br>position |- !scope="row"|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Forum β ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts β Top 100 Singles 1984|website=Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien|url= http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=27161&pages=2|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref> | 4 |- {{single chart|Austria|16|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|song=Two Tribes|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Flanders|1|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|song=Two Tribes|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Canadatopsingles|9|chartid=8529|rowheader=true}} |- !scope="row"|Denmark ([[IFPI Danmark|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-discussion/chart-analysis/121831-danish-chart-archive-singles-1979-____-b-t-ifpi-dk?q=two%20tribes|title=Danish Chart Archive β Singles 1979 β ____ (B.T./IFPI DK)|website=www.ukmix.org|date=30 November 2018|access-date=20 July 2020}}</ref> | 6 |- !scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1984/M&M-1984-08-27.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720120107/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1984/M&M-1984-08-27.pdf |archive-date=20 July 2020 |url-status=live|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|issue=21/22|page=15|date=27 August 1984|access-date=20 July 2020}}</ref> | 2 |- !scope="row"|Finland ([[Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{Cite web|last=Timo|date=13 August 2015|title=SisΓ€ltÀÀ hitin: Levyt ja esittΓ€jΓ€t Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit FIS β FRA|url=http://suomenlistalevyt.blogspot.com/2015/08/fis-fra.html|access-date=21 July 2020|website=SisΓ€ltÀÀ hitin}}</ref> | 2 |- !scope="row"|France ([[SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_F.php |title=InfoDisc : Tout les Titres par Artiste |publisher=Infodisc.fr |access-date=29 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920093356/http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_F.php |archive-date=20 September 2013}}</ref> | 22 |- !scope="row"|Greece ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]]) | 1 |- !scope="row"|Iceland ([[RΓV]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2491687|title=Topp 10 vinsΓ¦lustu lΓΆgin|newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)|DV]]|language=is|page=37|date=29 June 1984|access-date=20 July 2020 |issn=1021-8254|via=[[Timarit.is]]}}</ref> | 8 |- {{single chart|Ireland2|1|song=Two Tribes|rowheader=true}} |- !scope="row"|Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=[[Musica e dischi]]|language=it}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Frankie Goes To Hollywood".</ref> | 15 |- {{single chart|Dutch40|1|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|song=Two Tribes|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|1|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|song=Two Tribes|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|song=Two Tribes|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Norway|4|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|song=Two Tribes|rowheader=true}} |- !scope="row"|South Africa ([[Springbok Radio]])<ref>{{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965 β March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(F).html|access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> | 8 |- !scope="row"|Spain ([[Productores de MΓΊsica de EspaΓ±a|AFYVE]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://listadesuperventas.blogspot.com/2010/02/1984.html|title=Listas de superventas: 1984|date=17 July 2020}}</ref> | 8 |- {{single chart|Sweden|9|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|song=Two Tribes|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|4|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|song=Two Tribes|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|1|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|43|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|3|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|27|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|rowheader=true}} |- !scope="row"|US [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|''Cash Box'' Top 100]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19841215.html|title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles β Week ending December 15, 1984 |website=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box magazine]]|access-date=20 July 2020 }}</ref> | 37 |- {{single chart|West Germany|1|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|song=Two Tribes|songid=1125|rowheader=true}} |- !scope="row"|Zimbabwe ([[ZIMA]])<ref>{{cite web|last=Chartsventes|date=1 October 2016|title=World singles charts and sales TOP 50 in 58 countries: FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD|url=http://artisteschartsventes.blogspot.com/2016/10/frankie-goes-to-hollywood.html|access-date=25 July 2020|website=World singles charts and sales TOP 50 in 58 countries}}</ref> | 15 |} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1994) !Peak<br>position |- !scope="row"|UK Airplay (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-03-05.pdf|title=The Airplay Chart|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=5 March 1994|page=18|access-date=23 May 2025}}</ref> | 35 |- !scope="row"|[[Record Mirror Club Chart|UK Club Chart]] (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-02-05.pdf|title=The ''RM'' Club Chart|magazine=[[Music Week]], in [[Record Mirror]] (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=5 February 1994|page=4|accessdate=15 May 2023}}</ref> | 30 |} {{col-2}} ===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+1984 year-end chart performance for "Two Tribes" !Chart (1984) !Position |- !scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="aus84">{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/MyookoA.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 548 β 31 December 1984 > National Top 100 Singles for 1984|publisher=[[Kent Music Report]]|via=Imgur.com|access-date=23 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Forum β ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts β Top 100 Singles 1984|website=Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien|url= http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=27161&pages=2|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref> | 20 |- !scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1984|title=Jaaroverzichten 1984|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> | 2 |- {{single chart|Canadatopsingles|70|chartid=9638|rowheader=true|access-date=2 May 2022|refname=CanadaYE}} |- !scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1984|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1984 |website=www.top40.nl|access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> | 6 |- !scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1984&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten β Single 1984|website=www.dutchcharts.nl|access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> | 14 |- !scope="row"|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Selling Singles of 1984|website=Official NZ Music Charts.com. Recorded Music New Zealand Limited|url= https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1984-12-31|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref> | 12 |- !scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|title=Swiss Year-End Charts 1984|website=www.swisscharts.com|url=http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/1984|access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> | 22 |- !scope="row"|UK Singles (Gallup)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1985/Music-Week-1985-01-26-I-IDX-55.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513171615/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1985/Music-Week-1985-01-26-I-IDX-55.pdf |archive-date=13 May 2022 |url-status=live|title=Top 100 Singles 1984|publisher=Music Week|access-date=18 September 2022}}</ref> | 4 |- !scope="row"|US Dance Club Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite web|title=Top Dance Songs of 1984|url=https://www.musicvf.com/songs.php?page=year&year=1984&tab=dancesongchartstab&sort=pointsup&filter=all|access-date=17 July 2020|website=www.musicvf.com}}</ref> | 34 |- !scope="row"|West Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1984|title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts|language=German|work=[[GfK Entertainment]]|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|access-date=26 February 2022}}</ref> | 10 |} {{col-end}} ==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "Two Tribes"}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Canada|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|title=Two Tribes|award=Gold|certyear=1984|relyear=1984|access-date=29 November 2019}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Netherlands|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|title=Two Tribes|award=Gold|certyear=1984|relyear=1984|access-date=29 November 2019}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United Kingdom|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|title=Two Tribes|award=Platinum|certyear=1984|relyear=1984|id=7837-1960-1|salesamount=1,580,000|salesref=<ref name="guardian nov2012"/>|access-date=29 November 2019}} {{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}} ==Track listing== All discographical information pertains to the original UK single release only. * "Two Tribes" written by Gill/Johnson/O'Toole * "War" written by [[Barrett Strong|Strong]]/[[Norman Whitfield|Whitfield]] * "One February Friday" credited to Gill/Johnson/Morley/Nash/O'Toole/[[Paul Rutherford (singer)|Paul Rutherford]] '''7": ZTT / ZTAS 3 United Kingdom:''' {{track listing | title1 = Two Tribes | length1 = 3:57 | title2 = One February Friday" | length2 = 4:55 }} The A-side mix is commonly referred as "Cowboys and Indians" to avoid confusion with other mixes, as ZTT commonly gives the sides on singles separate names. Thus, "One February Friday" is sometimes subtitled as either "Doctors and Nurses" (as per the regular 7") or "Only Bullets Can Stop Them Now" (as per the picture disc B-side label). '''7" (picture disc): ZTT / P ZTAS 3 United Kingdom:''' {{track listing | title1 = Two Tribes | length1 = 4:10 | title2 = One February Friday | length2 = 4:55 }} The A-side is an alternative mix to the regular 7" (subtitled "We Don't Want To Die" on the B-side label). A common theory within many fans is that "We Don't Want To Die" is essentially "Surrender" with vocals. Also issued as a regular 7" in Canada.<!-- "Rumours" require citation: It is rumoured to have been also issued in Australia in a generic sleeve, but that has the regular 7" mix. --> '''12": ZTT / 12 ZTAS 3 United Kingdom:''' # "Two Tribes" (Annihilation) β 9:08 # "War" (Hide Yourself) β 4:12 # "One February Friday" (12" edit) β 1:46 # "Two Tribes" (Surrender) β 3:46 # ["The Last Voice"] (unlisted) β 1:14 '''12": Island Records - ZTT Records (0-96931 - Special 12" Single - United States) / X-14065 Australia:''' # "Two Tribes" (Extended Version) β 9:10 # "War" (Hide Yourself) β 4:12 # "Two Tribes" β 4:11 # "One February Friday" 4:57 "Extended Version" is the same as "Annihilation". "Two Tribes" on the B-side is the 7" picture disc mix. '''12": ZTT / 12 XZTAS 3 United Kingdom:''' # "Two Tribes" (Carnage) β 7:54 # "War" (Hide Yourself) β 4:12 # "One February Friday" (12" edit) β 1:46 # "Two Tribes" (Surrender) β 3:46 # ["The Last Voice"] (unlisted) β 1:14 '''12": ZTT / WARTZ 3 United Kingdom:''' # "War" (Hidden) β 8:33 # "Two Tribes" (Carnage) 7:54 # "One February Friday" (12" edit) β 1:46 '''12": ZTT / X ZIP 1 United Kingdom:''' # "Two Tribes" ([[Hibakusha]]) β 6:38 # "War" (Hide Yourself) β 4:12 # "One February Friday" (12" edit) β 1:46 # "Two Tribes" (Surrender) β 3:46 # ["The Last Voice"] [Edited] (unlisted) β 0:35 '''12": ZTT / XZTAS 3DJ United Kingdom:''' # Two Tribes (Carnage) β 7:56 # Relax (New York Mix) β 7:23 "New York Mix" was mislabeled as "U.S mix". '''MC: ZTT / CTIS 103 United Kingdom:''' # "[On The Subject of Frankie Goes to Hollywood]" β 0:23 # "One February Friday (part 1)" β 0:38 # "Two Tribes" (Keep The Peace) β 15:17 # "One February Friday (part 2)" β 1:08 # "War" (Somewhere Between Hiding And Hidden) {{resize|[identical to "War" (Hide Yourself)]}} β 4:12 # "One February Friday (part 3)" β 0:21 # "[War Is Peace]" β 0:05 "Keep The Peace" is a combination of Surrender, Carnage and Annihilation. The mixes on this cassette single reissued on vinyl for Record Store Day 2022 as Side B of 'Altered Reels' β The cassette single of "Relax" was reissued on Side A. '''2014 digital download #1: Two Tribes:''' # "Two Tribes" (Annihilation 7") β 3:56 # "Two Tribes" (Carnage 7") β 4:12 # "Two Tribes" (Annihilation) β 9:09 # "Two Tribes" (Carnage) β 7:54 # "Two Tribes" (Hibakusha) β 6:37 # "Two Tribes" (Hibakush-ah!) β 6:59 # "One February Friday" β 4:57 # "The Last Voice" β 1:14 "Hibakush-ah!" is an early version of "Hibakusha". '''2014 digital download #2: War (Hidden):''' # "War!" (Hidden) β 8:33 # "War!" (Hide yourself!) β 4:14 # "One February Friday" (12" Edit) β 1:45 # "Two Tribes" (Surrender) β 3:44 # "War!" (..And Hide) {{resize|[identical to the album version]}} β 6:13 # "War!" (Coming out of Hiding) β 3:17 ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} {{Frankie Goes to Hollywood}} {{Jon Stevens}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:1984 songs]] [[Category:1984 singles]] [[Category:1994 singles]] [[Category:Anti-war songs]] [[Category:Cultural depictions of Richard Nixon]] [[Category:Cultural depictions of Ronald Reagan]] [[Category:Dutch Top 40 number-one singles]] [[Category:European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles]] [[Category:Frankie Goes to Hollywood songs]] [[Category:Music videos directed by Godley and Creme]] [[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]] [[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by Trevor Horn]] [[Category:Songs about nuclear war and weapons]] [[Category:Songs about Ronald Reagan]] [[Category:Songs written by Holly Johnson]] [[Category:UK singles chart number-one singles]] [[Category:ZTT Records singles]]
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